Author: Crabbok

Though Will Shick of Atomic Mass Games was very clear in that this was “NOT” a new edition – all the fact completely contradict him – this is without a doubt a complete sweeping overall of the entire game of Star Wars Legion. New Art, New Rules, Revamped Units, New Mechanics, Scoring, Points, List-building and even a new logo. Atomic Mass Games has worked very hard to purge everything the received from FFG and it looks like this is one way to do that, yet still keep Legion and making in their own new game.

Most cards in the game have already been reworked into a new art style, among those almost all of them have seen changes. The few units that haven’t been re-designed or rebalanced yet are planned to have their new 2.0 versions released within a year.

The game is now 1000 points, is only 5 turns long, (though your first turn you move from off the board to on to it, so it’s more like 4 1/2 turns) and you play until the end of turn 5 or until someone has 12 victory points. The Battle Cards are completely new, there is a new 1/2 range tool that is 3 inches and 2 inch objectives tokens (You have to print them out on paper for now).

With tons of major rules updates, including a new “Backup” system and a completely new Cover system, double sized corps units, detachment rules allowing up to 6 special forces of some types, and big changes to vehicles, this new edition is almost a new game entirely. If nothing else, it’s going to strongly encourage Star Wars Legion players to find new reasons to buy LOTS of new hard-plastic expansions of units they already have, (or “had”) the maximum number of. They want people running 112 B-1 Battle droids now it seems!

Here’s my breakdown!

Atomic Mass Games has announced the end of development for Star Wars Armada and Star Wars X-Wing. This news came shortly after both games had their entire stock removed from the Asmodee Store.

Asmodee also issued a statement, somehow stating that they will have limited quantities of product available – which confused many since they had already ensured that all stock was changed to “Sold Out”.

Both games are supported with Organized Play through 2025 Adepticon to conclude with a final “Worlds” tournament.

X-Wing and Armada communities have both been quick to pledge their continued support for these games to help carry the games beyond 2025.

Friday March 8th 2024 is the release date for Star Wars Unlimited – a new collectible card game based in the Star Wars Universe by Fantasy Flight Games. This marks FFG’s third dive into Star Wars Card games. Their first attempt was Star Wars: The Card Game; a Living Card Game that didn’t quite have the longevity that fans wanted and ended support with it’s final World Championship Tournament in 2018.

That paved the way for Star Wars Destiny – which broke the format up a bit to see a more traditional “Collectible Card Game” format, but added dice – a single die to each booster. This game was cancelled in 2020, and left many fans swearing that they would never support another FFG game again.

But now Star Wars Unlimited is coming out and it has some fans asking how it will be different this time? Will this game survive for only a few years or will it last like powerhouse card games like Pokémon and Magic the Gathering? With the recent initial success of Disney Lorcana – it seems that CCG’s are on a relative “high” right now – seeing a wave of success. But will the crowded market leave enough room for Star Wars Unlimited to grow? And will the fan base be willing to give FFG yet another chance?

I gave them a chance by attending a pre-release event last week and honestly – I had a pretty good time. The card art isn’t my favorite, but the game played smooth and simple, while having a good depth of interactions and strategy. I think it’s got some promise, but in reality only time will tell.

One thing that makes this game different is the inclusion of multiplayer functionality from the beginning. The “Twin Suns” Format is a singleton format that grants each player a second leader, and has a few extra “claim” options for ending each round, but is still very similar to the normal ruleset. I think a casual approach to a game like this is the right approach and I’m looking forward to trying the multiplayer variant with friends!